DaVinci Resolve on MacBook Pro > Boot Camp > Windows 7

Basically it won’t work on my MacBook Pro (2009) with Windows 7 running under Boot Camp (3.3).  I guess Boot Camp doesn’t make sufficient of the GPU’s capability available.

Steps:

  • Downloaded, extracted and ran installer for DaVinci Resolve LITE 8.2 for Windows.
  • Prompt:
    • <<<
    • In order to install Resolve you must install these components:
      • NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit v4.0.17
      • PostgreSQL 9.0.4.1
      • Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable
      • QuickTime 7.70.80.34 (Installed)
        • {I assume that means it is already installed on my system}
      • DaVinci Resolve 8.2.0b_lite.084
      • Blackmagic Design Desktop Video 8.6.1.0
    • >>>
    • I clicked [Install]
  • DaVinci Resolve itself was installed to:
    • [ C:\Program Files\Blackmagic Design\DaVinci Resolve\ ]
  • Then it asked <<Would you like to install this device software?>>:
    • Name: Blackmagic Design Sound, video and game …
    • Publisher: Blackmagic Design Inc.
  • I said “yes”
    • In response, it popped-up some [cmd.exe] windows within which several messages indicating <<No rules matched>> came up.  That worries me slightly…
  • Then the closing dialog (only for Resolve itself):
    • Completed the DaVinci Resolve Setup Wizard
  • Prompt: <<Would you like to install this device software?
    • Name: Blackmagic Design Sound, video and game …
    • Publisher: Blackmagic Design Inc.
  • {Worrying – I saw that same thing earlier…}
    • In fact it prompted the same thing several times.
    • So eventually I checked the “Always trust Blackmagic…” option.
  • Finally it prompted for (Windows) system restart.
  • (Restarted)
  • Prompted me whether I wanted to install BMDStreamingServer
    • Said Yes
  • Asked <<Do you want to allow … <DaVinci Resolve> … to make changes to this computer>>
    • Said Yes
  • Complained: <<A newer version Resolve is already installed, please uninstall it in Control Panel first>>
  • I ran it anyway
  • Saw a brief popup window saying something like <<Database not responding>>
  • Resolve: Config screen:
    • WARNING: No CUDA Acceleration Hardware Detected!
      • Please quit Resolve and install a CUDAaccelerated GPU card or update your CUDA software driver to the latest version before continuing to use Resolve.
    • (clicked OK)
    • Prompt: DaVinci Resolve Urgent Message: Chassis 1: GPU CONFIG ERROR: No CUDA boards available
    • (clicked OK)
    • Prompt: DaVinci Resolve Urgent Message: Quick Time Decoder initialization failed.
    • (Clicked OK)
  • Exited Resolve.
    • Further continuation with it seems likely to be unproductive.  I have better things to do with my time than try to coax a possibly beta version software to work outside its design basis.
      • I could never rely on it for anything serious.
  • I’ll stick with using the Mac version I already installed on the Mac OS side of the MBP.

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